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The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

A stalwart Democrat writes to the Lewis
ton Gazette that an importation of the Ken
lucky article of Democracy is wanted in
Maine for home consumption. 1--WE have
had enough" he says, ''of dude politics, and
an early return to sound and sensible views
and conduct is imperatively demanded, If
party organization is to be maintained as an
agency to disseminate and enforce certain
political principles" 1t was announced the
other day that the Democratic State Commit
tee had decided to call a meeting to take
measures to organize the Maine Democracy
in the interest of Cleveland's denomination.
The meeting can be called none too soon.
There is evidently an anti-Cleveland senti-
ment in the party which may be hard to
suppress if not promptly dealt with.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

Only a very eredulous person can believe
that the French minister of war opened his
heart to the New York Herald correspond
ent so freely as the correspondent alleges he
did. Soldiers are generally secretive and
Boulanger has hitherto enjoyed the reputa-
tion of being soldier.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
CITY BUILDING, Portland, Me-, I
MAJ a TAQE

SEALED PROPOSALS, addressed to the com
- mittee on Public Buildings, will be received
at the Mayors ONCE, City Building, until IL
o'clock m. of May &c. 1887, for furnishing the ma
terial and erection OF a brick stable on a lot Of
land on Myrtle street, near the City Building.
Plans specifications and all necessary Information
can be obtained at the ONCE Of Fassett & TOmp-
son, Architects, 90 Exchange street.
The right Is reserved TO reject any or all bids.
CHAS. j. CHAPMAN,
Chairman Committee on Public Buildings.
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The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

Mr.. Gladstone telegraphs that the rumor
that he is coming to this country is entirely
baseless. That is to be regretted. The Amer
lean people would like to see the Grand Old
Man, and show him how much they appre-
ciate his efforts in behalf of Justice to Ireland
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

1t is interesting tolnote that Boston's spir-
1t of turbulence is still irrrepressible when
the English throne and aristocracy grow OPP
pressive again. AT Ottawa Boston pugi-
list knocked down man who attempted to
groan at O'Brien,
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY s1.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nications. The name and address of the writer
are in all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as a guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

The Two Brothers. By Honore de Balzac.
The PRESS in its reviews of earlier volumes
of this series of translations from La Come
die Humane has called attention so fully to
the merits of Balzac's novels that little more
remains than to announce the issue of addi-
tional volumes. The enterprise of the Bos-
ton publishers has met with well merited
success, and each volume finds largely in
creasing number of readers. Much of that
success is undoubtedly due to the merits of
the translation which is uncommonly and
conspicuously good, but Balzac is one of the
few writers the extent of whose genius can
not be quickly disclosed. No one volume
shows the grasp or many sidedness of his
mind. Each is work of art but from a spe-
cial point of view. To know the artist one
must study all his works. On the compare
tive merits of these several volumes opin-
ions may differ, but of their merits as a whole
there can be little question. No one can read
them without feeling that they are the work
of consummate literary artist, who COM
Dimes the qualities of the poet, scientist and
philosopher His methods are so direct and
simple, his style so compact, his erudition SO
wide and varied, his analysis of human con-
duct and motives so keen and clear, that he
stands almost alone among 10th Century
writers in the exercise of his art. Boston:
Roberts Brothers; Portland; Loring, Short
d Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

Knight Errant. A Novel. By Edna Lyall
Miss Lyall holds a rather unique and excep-
tional position among the novelists of the
day, since her work, while it is of thorough
literary excellence, is always inspired by an
earnest purpose, and the study of her char
acters is ennobling and helpful. Carlo Dom
ate, the Knight-Errant, is delightfully."-
sketched, and the plot of the story is fresh
and charming. If our hero is too good to be
real, we can at least feel that he is high
ideal, and that the nearer one can come to
his standard the better for the world. Dom
att is not an impossible but an improbable
character; a fascinating creature, brave,
manly and tender hearted, and one is glad
that while he sacrifices so much he does not
fail ola practical reward in winning the
woman whom he has relinquished at the
call of duty. The scene of the story is in
dear, delightful Italy, but the heroine is an
English girl. (New York: d. Appleton &
Co.; Portland: Loring, Short g. Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

BOulanger is represented as saying that the
Germans will not attack France. Neyerthe-
less he thinks war between the two countries
is inevitable. The inference is that France
intends TO attack Germany
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

1t is said that it cost Boston $4,000 to en-
terrain Queen Kapiolani. No wonder the
Bostonians who got none of the champagne
or cigars are mad.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit. Selected
from the writings and sayings of Henry
Ward Beecher. By William Drysdale. 1t is
impossible, withinIthe.space of book re-
view, to say anything of consequence about
such book as this. No man of modern
times, to say the least, has been so full of
apothegms and pregnant sayings as Henry
Ward Beecher. Here is voluminous COL
lection OF them. All the world knew:Beech-
or and all the people who know that this
book is published will read it. Good wine
needs no b1sh. New York: d. Appleton &
Co.. Portland: Loring, Short g. Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

ASimple Heart. By S. b. Elliott. This is
true and touching monograph of the sim
pie heart of Nat. Carton, pioneer of Texas
Wide apart as the characters are, the reader
can see the traits of Dickens's best portrait
Sydney Carton-in this simple man of the
plains.
Anyone who is worth saving will be the
better for reading this little book. (New
York: John Ireland)
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
CURRENT COMMENT.
is CANADA FORGETTING THE MorHr

is CANADA FORGETTING THE MOTHER.
[St. John Globe, May 1871
This is Loyalist Day, but not salute was
fired to mark the return of the anniversary.
IT WOULD LOOK WRONG.
North Americana
The public don't like to see Mr.. Garland
travelling in tile direction of Supreme Court
Justice. 1t has the idea that justice ought to
be going for Mr.. Garland.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
Cry IUILpNe, Portland, Me-, /

CEALED PEOPOSAa4s 8. addressed to the Com
- mittce on Pubic Buildings, win be received
at the Mayor o sce. City Building, until ~
O'Clock m. OF May SO. 1887, for furnishing the ma
terals and I'M 1ng the interior Of the new school
building on tue corner OF Neal and Carol Streets
Plans, specifications, and all necessary Informal
ton can be obtained at the office OF Fassett &
T0mpson, Architects, 90 Exchange street.
Separate bids will also be received for steam
heating. PlSps and specifications for the same
can be examined at the ONCE OF the Architects ON
and after Monday next.
The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids.
CHAS. j. CHAPMAN,
Chairman Committee on Public Buildings.
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The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS
IT Ell 9 MI q R N 7 III @
X. JOHN LITTLE & co.
BARGAIN DAYS. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 20 AND q

We inspection examination of the goods that will
be offered in this What want greater fame the leading
Dry and Fancy Portland We believe in low
We the weather We
compelled TO unload fearful sacrifice We must keep stock
Clean we mention few of the great leaders in this sae commence
ing at O'Clock sharp, Friday morning.
No. 20 pieces all Wool Black and Cream at 81
cens been selling for rs cents.
20 pieces Yelling and ali Wool Abaross Pink
and Bue Evening Shades, As inches wde at 81 cents
yad peen selling for cents and SOO just the thing for
young ladies' dresses.
No. g. 100 pieces Emne Wool inches wide at so cents
marked from $I.OO.
20 dozen Ladies' Fancy 80 cents DER pair; marked
and so cents.
so dozen Ladies' Taffea Gloves Embroidered Backs
CENTS worth 81 I-2 cents.
% dozen Ladies' Fancy Boreed at IL cents;
slightly imperfect. -
Corded Gnghams IL 12 selling 2Oc
so dozen Ladies' Cotton Underwear Chemse
Drawers, Skirts and Night Robes at % each; worth SOC
hundred magnificent bargains will be offered
mentioned here Extra will be obtained
may a chance to of the bargains.
REMEMBER THE Dates FRIDAY And SATURDAY, MAY 20 And a.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
HORATIO STAPLES,

There are only two kinds Of Black Silks
worth talking about.
Those made BY anime Gulnst," LIONS
France.
And those made by Somebody Elss."
"Gunet never makes a poor silk.
Somebody Else" sometimes does.
Al any rate, he Is certain to be uncertain.
And In so dcklsh a matter as SILK, un-
certainty Is certain 10 be- fatal, Isn't itp
Somebody Else gums his silk and his
creduous customers as we'll.
Or he loads Il with mineral substances 10
make itAPPEAR stout and substantial,
As builders sometimes brace up a iotier
Ing structure with an extra
coat Of paint
0ftener he gives his silk heay effect
BY weaving a coarse filling
Upon a slender, splndls-Isggsd warp.
The bloaing filling gives The texture a
fictitious stouinsss
But The result Is that, The atienuaied warp
with the swollen filling, make
faulty fabric, which like much
modern pasiehoard achliec-
tWe drops 10 pieces Of
It's own weight.
Don't you know Il doesp
6ulnefs' SILKS are neither gummsd
nor loaded.
The warp and filing match and male
each other Ike holy xsdIoCk.
Now one question:
Did Iou ever see or hear Of "Gulnef'
Silk that cracked, Or Minslsd, or
developed The pIehelan,
greasy shine, that
Somebody EIss's" silks dop
never did, and ! have handled mam
thousand IaTds Of H.
offer one lot at $1.00a yard, stout
with an honest stoutness.
Another lot at $l.25, good enough for
YANKEE Duchess.
Our $l.75 grade We shall sell for $3.50
and L Is Just Superb.
Il you live In town call and see them.
u you live anywhere In America. send
to US for samples which Will
be sent free.
HORATlO STAPLES,
Coz Store, Middle 6 Free Sts., Portland. Ne,
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21
CITY ADVERTISEMENT.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
PROPOSALS for Printing.

g EALED proposals will be received by the
- Committee on Printing until FRIDAY, the
9th inst, at O'Clock p, M, for printing the Au-
dlt0rs Report, the reports Of the subordinate city
officers and the Mayors Address.
Particulars may be had ON application at the Of
fee of the City Clerk, where proposals may be left
indorsed Proposals for Printing"
The Committee reserve the right 10 reject any
or all proposals not considered for the interest OF
the city. BY order OF the Committee,
GEO. Q. BURGESS. City Clerk.
Portland, May 10, 1887. my19dst
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

The Beverly Farm division case is giving
no end of trouble in Massachusetts, The
Governor is perplexed by the diverse advice
he is getting on the propriety of signing the
bill, and Senator Hoar and State Senator
Morse are writing letters to one another on
the subject. 1t seems Senator Hoar in COM
mon with many others signed petition ask
ing the legislature to refuse to pass the di-
vision bill in order to rebuke the lobbyists.
Inc appearance of his name on the paper
was magnihed by his enemies into an at
tempt to dictate the course of the legislature
and great hue and cry was made over it.
Mr.. Hoar denies that he had any purpose
other than to express his own personal views
on the matter, and thinks he has quite a.
good right to sign a petition as any one
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

An instance where the Great and General
Court of Massachusetts seems to have been
most thoroughly hoaxed was the enactment
of the law relating to snipe. These birds
have become almost extinct in Massachu-
sets, owing to the law drafted as is charged
Sin the interests Of Boston pot hunters"
This law classes the snipe as birds of prey,
with hawks, crows, owls, etc., thus leaving
them to bel destroyed while Matching and
rearing their young, season when the
shooting of every other game bird is strictly
forbidden. The Newburyport Herald says
that a greater joke was never played on a
legislature than when these ''pot hunters"
persuaded the Massachusetts Legislature
that the cunningIlittle snipe, who delights in
worms, grubs and insects, is in the habit of
"preying on the poultry yard or pig PEN"
The farmers of Texas, Arkansas and Lou
isiana are arranging scheme of COOP
Grafton for the construction of cotton, cotton
seed oil, and -four mills in different eenters
so as to enable farmer to get local mar
ket for his produce and be sure of obtaining
fair price. Here is an illustration of the
value of local markets to those farmers who
do not enjoy the advantage of them. Happi-
ly for the farmers of a large part of the
country, however, the protection policy pur
sued by our government has so encouraged
industries, that markets have been brought
near to the farms. The Arkansas farmers
have found that they could get much fairer
prices If they could sell their products in
local markets, than they can when they are
at the mercy of distant buyers.
The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

1000 yards of 40 inch French Dress Goods
at 80 cents; much less than import cost.
Job lot of Combination French Dress G GODS
so cents; about half price.
Five pieces Black French Dress Goods so
cents; regular value Is cents.
Rare bargains i'm Silk Warp Henriettas.
Exclusive sale Of Cheney Bros Jersey Silks
at 90 cents; regular value $1.2j.
Very extra bargains i'm Black Satin Rha-
DANES and FaiIle Francaise, my17au
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-19
STATE UNIVERSITY.

COLUMBIA, Mo, March G., 1887.
On the evening of February 18th the
Junior medal contest was held in the
University chapel. j. z. Flournoy,
with an Grafton entitled "Our Respon-
sibility," carried off the medal.
On February p the Seniors gave a
reception TO the Juniors at the residence
of DR.. Laws, president Of the Univer-
sity.
OF late the students have taken a
lively interest in foot ball and other
college sports. About twenty have
organized a boxing club,and at present
all eye iii mourning or a broken nose
is no unusual sight.
In the Athenian hall, OH February
o, Prof. X. E. Call delivered an inter-
estlng lecture on the "Theory OF
Descent" The hall was we'll filled
and the lecture very instructive.
The faculty has adopted a resolution
to the effect that the Senior examina-
tons shall close with the first week in
May.
The students are taking considerable
interest Ill music and are showing tlieir
regard for harmony by organizing
themselves into glee clubs. The nights
are now made hideous by the tenor
and bass, while college songs are al
ways abroad.
The students have at length succeed,
ell iii establishing a college paper free
from the supervision of the faculty. In
establishing this paper they have sup
piled a long-felt want, and it promises
Ill the future TO be all that a college
paper should be. X
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-19
OUR CORRESPONDENTS VIEW.
WASHINGTON, March IA. 1887.

oNS NAoAS * AOOss
EDITOR lNTELLIGENCER: The forty
ninth Congress has passed into history.
1t leaves a record which compares
most %tavorably with that of any con-
greSs OF recen years. aud surpasses
| that of every congress which was di-
vided by the two great political parties
into two hostile camps. 1t afforded a
striking example, too, of the constant
increase iii the volume of desired legis-
lation which has been going on for the
last SIX or eight years. More bills
| were introduced III both houses OF the
tDrtv-ninth, mOr committee reports
,serc made, more bills we're passed,
more beca2ae laws and more were
vetoed than even before by any con-
grcss. There were Introduced into The
house during the two sessions ll,25S
bills and 263 joint r~esOluions,on which
over > .00U reports were made. This
was several thousand more bills and
oyer a thousand more reports than
| were made by the forty-eighth con-
Igress, which had in its turn beaten the
fecordi IN the senat there were in
truduced over 5000 bills on which
nearly two thousand written reports
were made, being upward OF 500 more
bills thar by the record breaking forty
eighth. The death roll also of the last
congress was unusually long, cOmpris-
ING thirteen names. The total mum
| Der of laws enacted was about 1880,
while 1872 were vetoed by the presi-
dent, making twenty-One more instan-
ces of the exercise of the presidential
prerOgative of veto than had occurred
from the foundation of the government
down to the beginning OF this congress
Only II private pension bill and one
Il government building at Dayton,
Ohio, succeeded i'll passing botn houses
over the presidents veto. AS to what
became OF various important bills
which failed, lack of space will forbid
me to tell their whole story III detail.
Quite q number Of them, however,
which were passed by both houses,
never reached the president because of
differences i'll regard to them between
the two houses.
Congress was i'll session the whole
night preceding the day of adjourn
inent. The house, with unusual per-
tinacity, sat continuously from eight
O'Clock Thursday night until Friday
noon, the hour at which the session ex-
pired. The usual scenes ola last night
ger enacted. The capitol was filed
with people who wanted to see the
close, but only a small portion of
whom could gain admittance to the
already crowded galleries.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-19
LOST TREASURE FOUND.

Long before Mrs. Stowe began TO
arrange or even perhaps to gather ma
terials for the work by which her name
will be forever remembered Mrs. Horace
Mann had written a tale of West
Indian life in which the same subject,
slavery, held the foremost place, as
slavery must whenever and wherever
it touches human life in fiction OF his
toFv.
That book is now to be read; and
the world is entitled 10 know bow it
came to be written and then withheld
So long.
These are the words of the authors
venerable sister, Miss Elizabeth L.
Peabody, addressed to Mr.. LothrOp:
"The story is a fiction; but the prin-
cipal characters and the most impor-
tant incidents are real-it was this That
made the author keep bac!; the book
from publication till all were dead.
"The last one who died was Il child
of five or six at the time. He did a
deed in his later life that lighted up the
tragedy with a moral glory that COM
pieted the book rs a work of art-the
part that touches on this was lately
written.
at was the merest accident that the
work was not published before my
sisters death, as she so earnestly de-
sired it should be. for 1t delineated some
of the actual observations she made at
the awakening of her mind to the great
subject which so soon shook the whole
fabric of our society, but which in 8
was only beginning to agitate us. The
Boston Mob did not take place, | think,
till '35 or Is.
"The book vas written with no
moral object in view, but, as she used
TO say, it wrote itself on her soul, and
was transcribed as q relief.
,"When Mrs. Mann was ready to
publish, the last of the real characters
having passed away, the manuscript
could not be found. 1t had only been
mislaid, however; and after her death
it came to light.
~"Juanita, a Romance of Real Life in
Cuba" is the title. Pronounced achon-
ee-tah.'
The beginning is a festive scene in q
valley of peace on a little inland i'll AT
RIGA. The natives had heard of, but had
never seen, the white man. The white
man was to them a SLAYER. He came with
the rattle of firearms, which were
lightning and ~thunderbolts to the SIM
pie savages. Death, capture, the ship,
the lonely coast, Havana, the SLAYER
himself, his home, family, visitors-and
the tale is begun.
1t shall not be told in poor words.
The book is written (the name OF the
distinguished author might stand for
that) with equal strength OF mind and
feeling. A slavery tale of another
country before the time of Uncle Toms
Cabin. The writer the scarcely less
distinguished wife of the man who
may be said in a way to have led New
England forty years ago. The book
her only book. To be published short
ly by d. Lothrop Company, Boston.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-19
YOU Us. QUITE.
From the Boonville Advertiser.l

'CTOul the DOOnFlilc AuFeTllSeT.l
When it comes to discussing matters
on a sentimental basis, we yield the
palm as gracefully as possible to the
gallant Captain of the Lexington Intel
ligencer. We might approach him in
argument, were Logical reason called
Tor, but in sentiment, ! His pen
floats off too easily into rhapsodies
and %rondeaus; his imagery is drawn
TOO much from Oriental sources, while
even Nirvsna itself is called upon to
furnish forth texts Tor his editorials.
What Ch4nce has a calculating eCono-
mist like the writer with IL a me?
We might, indeed, refer 10 the classic
associations that cluster around the
hills and daies of Boonviile township;
he aunts of Vest, the eloquent
"Fairer seems the ancient city.
Aud It's upshineseelp more lair.
That re once has lrod it, pavement,
That he once has breaIlled its air"-
the tomb and monument of that i'll
lated genius, David Bartou; the scene
ot MarmauuSe's retreat and brave
Browns last battle. We cannot boast
OF such an array OF great men, per-
haps, as the venerated pile at Jefferson
can, but surely we have enough to give
to a new capital a stock Of cd associa-
ti0ns sufficient 10 last till il can set up
business in such things for itself. But
we despair OF convincing our friend by
resorting to sentiment. In such dis
cussion he has too much vantage
ground, and is too familiar with the
weapons. His Toledo blade is too
bright and sharp for us to successfully
contest The field.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-19
PRINTERS M COOKS.
Charles Dudley Warner in Editors Draw
Harper's Magazine for March,.

Charles Dudley Warner in Editors Drawer,
Harper's Magazine for March
One who travels much in this coun-
try and stays at hotels gets the impress
sion that the hotel keepers are much
more particular about choosing a
printer than a cook. Probably in no
other country are the bills of fare so
fine, SO elaborate, s. handsome, as
ours. They are often a flnc-art and
intellectual treat. If a person could
live ON an intellectual treat, no other
people would be so well fed at hotels
as we are. We do not spare language:
French, German, sometimes English,
are Impressed into the service. The
traveller cannot always read his bill of
fare, but that is the fault of his educa-
ZION; and he is lucky iii one thing-if
he cannot tell what he is going to have,
he is troubled by no disappointment,
Tor he can rarely tell what he has had
alter he tastes it. y clamOr is now
aud then raised That the people of the
United States, SO assrriiye OF their
nationality and proud oftheir language.
ought 10 have their bills OF fare printed
il English. The sufficient reply is that
they would not look as well, not have
- much ''styie.f hOt seen to be 50 we'll
worth the iAoney. Sometimes a mix
fare al languages has 4 GUod Eject, fsr
il ttds int' .iigIbi!i,y 10 tie air Of good
s.ciety- Al i recent banquet OF she
Carpenters Union in a large western
ciIv, j@r "tnC.U,' AMONG either ca.;osi-
..e~. ID tHIs course: PoIsSONs: iuTEey,
63f,io t2Hguc, Suytg cufcd han
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